{"id":1136824,"date":"2021-12-21T08:19:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T13:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1136824"},"modified":"2021-12-21T08:19:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T13:19:56","slug":"turkish-youtubers-arrested-for-speaking-about-rampant-inflation-as-nation-cracks-down-on-disinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/turkish-youtubers-arrested-for-speaking-about-rampant-inflation-as-nation-cracks-down-on-disinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish YouTubers Arrested For Speaking About Rampant Inflation As Nation Cracks Down On \u2018Disinformation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fturkish-youtubers-arrested-for-speaking-about-rampant-inflation-as-nation-cracks-down-on-disinformation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1136824&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>After Turkish leadership warned that they would crack down on online \u201cdisinformation,\u201d several Turkish YouTubers were arrested for interviewing their fellow citizens about the nation\u2019s currency crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Since this time last year, the Turkish lira has lost 50% of its value against the dollar amid policymakers\u2019 unorthodox monetary policies \u2014 meaning that citizens are dealing with diminishing purchasing power and widespread price uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/turkey-arrests-youtubers-who-ask-the-public-about-finances-2021-12\">Business Insider<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<p>YouTuber Hasan K\u00f6ksoy, who runs the YouTube channel Kendine Muhabir (which translates to Self Correspondent), said in a tweet translated to English that he was taken out of his bed \u201clike a terrorist\u201d and arrested \u201cfor handing a microphone to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arif Kocab\u0131y\u0131k and Turan Kural were also arrested, according to the local news outlet Turkey Purge, which monitors human rights abuses in the country. On their respective YouTube channels, the men have been interviewing people about the nation\u2019s economy and its impact on their finances. A fourth YouTuber, Mehmet Koyuncu, tweeted that he was not arrested but that police contacted him. <\/p>\n<p>Turkey Purge reported the YouTubers were accused of \u201cdenigrating the state and government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The arrests follow Turkish leaders\u2019 warnings about crackdowns on social media usage. Business Insider added:<\/p>\n<p>In a recent speech, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called social media one of the \u201cmain sources of threats to today\u2019s democracy\u201d and said he would be cracking down on internet media to \u201cfight disinformation and propaganda,\u201d with sentences of up to five years in prison, Al Jazeera reported.<\/p>\n<p>Critics say this could tighten restrictions on free speech. Human rights organization Freedom House\u2019s 2021 Freedom on the Net report, which analyzes internet freedom worldwide, labeled Turkey as \u201cnot free,\u201d noting widespread filtering or removal of online content that was critical of the government. <\/p>\n<p>According to the Stockholm Center for Press Freedom, 72 journalists are currently in prison in Turkey and 89 are awaiting trial.<\/p>\n<p>Erdogan\u2019s crackdown on \u201cdisinformation\u201d mirrors the policy of other repressive regimes across the world.<\/p>\n<p>After widespread anti-government protests in Cuba, the island\u2019s communist government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cuba-passes-misinformation-law-calling-online-criticism-of-the-government-cyberterrorism\">passed<\/a> legislation treating \u201cmisinformation\u201d as \u201ccyberterrorism.\u201d Citizens had been uploading photos and videos of the protests to social media, drawing international attention to the government\u2019s repressive policies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the Chinese Communist Party <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/citing-ccp-influence-biden-warns-americans-about-doing-business-in-hong-kong\">enacted<\/a> the \u201cHong Kong National Security Law\u201d \u2014 which, according to the Biden administration, tightened penalties for \u201csecession\u201d and \u201csubversion.\u201d Despite widespread protests that garnered international attention, the law gutted individual rights for citizens of Hong Kong \u2014 and led the Biden administration to warn about the \u201cgrowing risks\u201d of conducting business in the city.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration itself, however, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/alarmed-and-suspicious-senators-tell-biden-to-explain-crackdown-on-misinformation\">engaging<\/a> in censorship. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said earlier this year that users \u201cshouldn\u2019t be banned from one platform and not others\u201d if they post \u201cmisinformation online.\u201d She also revealed that the Biden administration is \u201cflagging problematic posts for Facebook that spread disinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Biden also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-says-these-12-people-are-responsible-for-most-covid-misinformation-never-says-who-they-are\">alleged<\/a> that Facebook is \u201ckilling people\u201d by allowing a particular group of users to spread their views about COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese twelve people are out there giving misinformation. Anyone listening to it is getting hurt by it. It\u2019s killing people. It\u2019s bad information,\u201d Biden said. \u201cMy hope is that Facebook, instead of taking it personally, that somehow I\u2019m saying Facebook is killing people, that they would do something about the misinformation, the outrageous misinformation about the vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Turkish leadership warned that they would crack down on online \u201cdisinformation,\u201d several Turkish YouTubers were arrested for interviewing their fellow citizens about the nation\u2019s currency crisis.Since this time last year, the Turkish lira has lost 50% of its value against the dollar amid policymakers\u2019 unorthodox monetary policies \u2014 meaning that citizens are dealing with diminishing purchasing power and widespread price uncertainty.Business Insider reported:YouTuber Hasan K\u00f6ksoy, who runs the YouTube channel Kendine Muhabir (which translates to Self Correspondent), said in a tweet translated to English that he was taken out of his bed \u201clike a terrorist\u201d and arrested \u201cfor handing a microphone to the public.\u201dArif Kocab\u0131y\u0131k and Turan Kural were also arrested, according to the local news outlet Turkey Purge, which monitors human rights abuses in the country. On their respective YouTube channels, the men have been interviewing people about the nation\u2019s economy and its impact on their finances. A fourth YouTuber, Mehmet Koyuncu, tweeted that he was not arrested but that police contacted him. Turkey Purge reported the YouTubers were accused of \u201cdenigrating the state and government.\u201dThe arrests follow Turkish leaders\u2019 warnings about crackdowns on social media usage. Business Insider added:In a recent speech, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called social media one of the \u201cmain sources of threats to today\u2019s democracy\u201d and said he would be cracking down on internet media to \u201cfight disinformation and propaganda,\u201d with sentences of up to five years in prison, Al Jazeera reported.Critics say this could tighten restrictions on free speech. Human rights organization Freedom House\u2019s 2021 Freedom on the Net report, which analyzes internet freedom worldwide, labeled Turkey as \u201cnot free,\u201d noting widespread filtering or removal of online content that was critical of the government. According to the Stockholm Center for Press Freedom, 72 journalists are currently in prison in Turkey and 89 are awaiting trial.Erdogan\u2019s crackdown on \u201cdisinformation\u201d mirrors the policy of other repressive regimes across the world.After widespread anti-government protests in Cuba, the island\u2019s communist government passed legislation treating \u201cmisinformation\u201d as \u201ccyberterrorism.\u201d Citizens had been uploading photos and videos of the protests to social media, drawing international attention to the government\u2019s repressive policies.\u00a0Last year, the Chinese Communist Party enacted the \u201cHong Kong National Security Law\u201d \u2014 which, according to the Biden administration, tightened penalties for \u201csecession\u201d and \u201csubversion.\u201d Despite widespread protests that garnered international attention, the law gutted individual rights for citizens of Hong Kong \u2014 and led the Biden administration to warn about the \u201cgrowing risks\u201d of conducting business in the city.The Biden administration itself, however, is engaging in censorship. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said earlier this year that users \u201cshouldn\u2019t be banned from one platform and not others\u201d if they post \u201cmisinformation online.\u201d She also revealed that the Biden administration is \u201cflagging problematic posts for Facebook that spread disinformation.\u201dPresident Biden also alleged that Facebook is \u201ckilling people\u201d by allowing a particular group of users to spread their views about COVID-19.\u201cThese twelve people are out there giving misinformation. Anyone listening to it is getting hurt by it. It\u2019s killing people. It\u2019s bad information,\u201d Biden said. \u201cMy hope is that Facebook, instead of taking it personally, that somehow I\u2019m saying Facebook is killing people, that they would do something about the misinformation, the outrageous misinformation about the vaccine.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1136824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1136824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1136824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1136824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1136824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}